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Of or pertaining to phyllotaxy.

An act done afterward.

Giving a previous narrative or explanation, as of the plot or personages of a play; introductory. = 32,500 yrs.) Also called brevium, Uranium X2 and UX2.

One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the preparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax. Ex. xxx. 34.

Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the rules of syntax, or construction. -- Syn*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.

Of or retaining to thermotaxis.

Of or pertaining to thigmotaxis.

The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion.

To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append. Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. Watts.

Impregnation by external contact, without intromission.

Microörganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.

ssions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.

From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.

inspissated juice of several species of aloe, used as a purgative. [Plural in form but syntactically singular.] American aloe, Century aloe, the agave. See Agave.

ly: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.

an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.

The act or making narrow; a straitening or contacting. Wiseman.

of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain.

Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically. Ellicott.

th, to keep at a distance (literally or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact or familiar intercourse. -- To work at arm's length, to work disadvantageously.